Opmeer

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Opmeer.

Proper noun

Opmeer

1. A village and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands.

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as upmere around 1312. Compound of Middle Dutch up (“up, elevated, upstream”) (potentially used here in the sense "at") and meer (“lake”).

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: Op‧meer

Proper noun

Opmeer n

1. A village and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands

   Meronyms: Aartswoud, Abbekerkeweere, De Kaag, De Kolk, De Snip, De Weere, Gouwe, Harderwijk, Hoogwoud, Lagehoek, Paradijs, Spanbroek, Wadway, Zandwerven

Derived terms

• Opmeerder
• Opmeers

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “opmeer”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN